I used to like the main Odeon, my gran did a part time cleaning job there when she retired, employees got a free pass for family to watch as many films as you like. I used to go with her sometimes where I learnt a nice little trick.

If anyone can recall they're used to be a hairdressers at the side of the Odeon in the early 1980's, the door next to it was a fire escape for the cinema seen herehttp://goo.gl/maps/eB5N

Just push the door open from the other side and you were outside. It was just before you went into the main auditorium, and conveniently just past the last ticket usherette who was round the corner, and no fire escape alarm

A large group of my mates would wait outside the door whilst I went in with the free pass and let them in, we never got caught for years and saw many a good film.

That with fiddling my saverstrip, and day riders I paid for very little as teenager lol

That with fiddling my saverstrip, and day riders I paid for very little as teenager lol

The Odeon also had a cat to catch those pesky little mice too

Eeeeh Phill lad, what are we bahn' to do wi'thi ??

That wasn't a cat - it was the MGM lion trying to catch gangs of lads who hadn't paid

I'm amazed too that you're so opposed to the Leeds trolleybus scheme - a bit of nifty wiring from your residence to the overhead and you could eliminate your electricity bills for ever !!

There's nothing like keeping the past alive - it makes us relieved to reflect that any bad times have gone, and happy to relive all the joyful and fascinating experiences of our own and other folks' earlier days.

IIRC the row of first floor windows above "Ken's" contained the very pleasant restaurant which had a most peaceful ambience indeed - also access was easy by the "Philld" patent economic method, but fooling the waitresses into some free grub was impossible sadly

There's nothing like keeping the past alive - it makes us relieved to reflect that any bad times have gone, and happy to relive all the joyful and fascinating experiences of our own and other folks' earlier days.